L'indic

1983 [FRENCH]

Crime / Drama

IMDb Rating 5.3/10 10 263 263

Plot summary

The girlfriend of an associate of a gangland boss, is persuaded by a police detective to inform about her lover's associates.

Director

Serge Leroy Photo
Serge Leroy

Top cast

Daniel Auteuil Photo
Daniel Auteuil as Bertrand
Thierry Lhermitte Photo
Thierry Lhermitte as Dominique
Eric Métayer Photo
Eric Métayer
Jean-Louis Airola Photo
Jean-Louis Airola as Le fuyard
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883.9 MB
1280*768
French 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 1
1.6 GB
1802*1080
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   cz   dk   gr   es   fi   hr   hu   it   no   nl   pt   ro   ru   sv  
24 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by tony_le_stephanois

Ruthless gangsters, boring picture

A few tough criminals are ruthless in their pursuit of a lot of money. But suddenly they become surrounded by cops. How is that possible? I expected not much, but was still disappointed. It is a film that just lacks real tension and excitement, due, I think, to uninspired directing (Serge Leroy) and a mediocre screenplay, with hardly anything original. When realism is your purpose, you should go all the way, like in L.627 and L'engranages, but this film stays stuck somewhere in the middle – much too aggressive to be a romantic film, and too much melodrama to be exciting as a crime film – and that's the main reason it doesn't withstand after thirty years. There is also the problem of Pascale Rocard, who plays her part as Sylvie (I guess on purpose) as flat as possible. In some way it symbolizes her gullible character. Because, well, someone didn't have a clue how to write an interesting female character in a story. Why would a guy like Bertrand still be chasing her, or be chasing her at all? I couldn't figure it out.There is some good news though. It is a pretty decent film from the perspective of Daniel Auteuil, who I expected to be the main character, but wasn't. He seems to be enjoying his role as a young cop with artistic tendencies a lot. Which can not to be said of the bad guy performance by Thierry Lhermitte, one of the stars from Diner des Cons, whose part as Dominique is all about looking over-the-top cool (waaaay too large sunglasses, lots of brylcreem, leather pants, creepy smile). There is some nice sense of cinematography sometimes, but also not much, almost all of the film is average, as well as the music. There's nothing that reminds us here this film is from 1983 – it could as well have been 1977 or 1995 for that matter. Much better crime films from this era are Diva and Police. I rate it 5/10.
Reviewed by searchanddestroy-1

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